The half-title page carries the title of the series: 'Raccolta Artistica. Tomo I.' This first volume of the 'Raccolta Artistica' forms a preliminary volume to a fourteen-volume edition of Vasari's Vite, published as 'Raccolta Artistica Tomo II.-XV.'

It is a compendium of essays and translations relating to ancient Greek art. The Indice lists the contents as: